diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 6291c2a0..02d538c1 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ byobu (5.59) unreleased; urgency=low
     - allow disable of utf8 prompt via BYOBU_CHARMAP variable
   * usr/lib/byobu/logo:
     - support Unicode logo for CentOS
+  * usr/bin/byobu-status, usr/lib/byobu/include/constants,
+    usr/lib/byobu/include/icons, usr/lib/byobu/include/Makefile.am,
+    usr/lib/byobu/include/toggle-utf8, usr/share/byobu/keybindings/f-
+    keys.tmux, usr/share/byobu/keybindings/f-keys.tmux.disable,
+    usr/share/doc/byobu/help.tmux.txt:
+    - add a new keybiding, Alt-F5, to toggle UTF-8 on and off
 
  -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 12 Sep 2013 10:53:27 -0500
 
diff --git a/usr/bin/byobu-status b/usr/bin/byobu-status
index fec75172..6efa2362 100755
--- a/usr/bin/byobu-status
+++ b/usr/bin/byobu-status
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ PKG="byobu"
 for i in "${BYOBU_PREFIX}/share/$PKG/status/status" "${BYOBU_PREFIX}/share/$PKG/status/statusrc" "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/status" "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/statusrc" "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/color" "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/color.tmux"; do
 	[ -r "$i" ] && . "$i"
 done
+. "${BYOBU_PREFIX}/lib/${PKG}/include/icons"
 
 case "$BYOBU_BACKEND" in
 	screen)
diff --git a/usr/lib/byobu/include/Makefile.am b/usr/lib/byobu/include/Makefile.am
index 6e9dcd72..5b3beedb 100644
--- a/usr/lib/byobu/include/Makefile.am
+++ b/usr/lib/byobu/include/Makefile.am
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 inclibdirdir = $(prefix)/lib/@PACKAGE@/include
-inclibdir_SCRIPTS = common constants cycle-status dirs mondrian notify_osd shutil ec2instancespricing.py tmux-detach-all-but-current-client
+inclibdir_SCRIPTS = common constants cycle-status dirs icons mondrian notify_osd shutil ec2instancespricing.py tmux-detach-all-but-current-client toggle-utf8
diff --git a/usr/lib/byobu/include/constants b/usr/lib/byobu/include/constants
index 33b4fadd..87e5bdc5 100755
--- a/usr/lib/byobu/include/constants
+++ b/usr/lib/byobu/include/constants
@@ -20,59 +20,8 @@
 
 PKG="byobu"
 
-# UTF-8 support in the hardstatus is coming one day in Screen
-if [ "$BYOBU_BACKEND" = "tmux" ] && [ "$BYOBU_CHARMAP" = "UTF-8" ]; then
-	#ICON_C="℃"
-	#ICON_F="℉"
-	ICON_C="C"
-	ICON_F="F"
-	ICON_RD="◂"
-	ICON_WR="▸"
-	ICON_MAIL="⍌"
-	ICON_UP="▴"
-	ICON_DN="▾"
-	ICON_TRASH="♸"
-	ICON_WIFI=
-	ICON_REBOOT="⟳"
-	ICON_UPDATES="!"
-	ICON_SECURITY="‼"
-	#ICON_KB="㎅"
-	#ICON_MB="㎆"
-	#ICON_GB="㎇"
-	ICON_KB="K"
-	ICON_MB="M"
-	ICON_GB="G"
-	ICON_TB="T"
-	#ICON_KHz="㎑"
-	#ICON_MHz="㎒"
-	#ICON_GHz="㎓"
-	ICON_KHz="KHz"
-	ICON_MHz="MHz"
-	ICON_GHz="GHz"
-	#ICON_MBPS="㏔㎰"
-	ICON_MBPS="Mb"
-else
-	ICON_C="C"
-	ICON_F="F"
-	ICON_RD="<"
-	ICON_WR=">"
-	ICON_MAIL="[M]"
-	ICON_UP="^"
-	ICON_DN="v"
-	ICON_TRASH="T"
-	ICON_WIFI=
-	ICON_REBOOT="(R)"
-	ICON_UPDATES="!"
-	ICON_SECURITY="!!"
-	ICON_KB="KB"
-	ICON_MB="MB"
-	ICON_GB="GB"
-	ICON_TB="TB"
-	ICON_KHz="kHz"
-	ICON_MHz="MHz"
-	ICON_GHz="GHz"
-	ICON_MBPS="Mbps"
-fi
+. "${BYOBU_PREFIX}/lib/${PKG}/include/icons"
+
 PCT="%"
 
 # Support two different backends (screen/tmux)
diff --git a/usr/lib/byobu/include/icons b/usr/lib/byobu/include/icons
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c9dcb106
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr/lib/byobu/include/icons
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+#    icons: some icon characters for status scripts
+#
+#    Copyright (C) 2011-2013 Dustin Kirkland
+#
+#    Authors: Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@byobu.co>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+PKG="byobu"
+
+# UTF-8 support in the hardstatus is coming one day in Screen
+if [ "$BYOBU_BACKEND" = "tmux" ] && [ "$BYOBU_CHARMAP" = "UTF-8" ]; then
+	#ICON_C="℃"
+	#ICON_F="℉"
+	ICON_C="C"
+	ICON_F="F"
+	ICON_RD="◂"
+	ICON_WR="▸"
+	ICON_MAIL="⍌"
+	ICON_UP="▴"
+	ICON_DN="▾"
+	ICON_TRASH="♸"
+	ICON_WIFI=
+	ICON_REBOOT="⟳"
+	ICON_UPDATES="!"
+	ICON_SECURITY="‼"
+	#ICON_KB="㎅"
+	#ICON_MB="㎆"
+	#ICON_GB="㎇"
+	ICON_KB="K"
+	ICON_MB="M"
+	ICON_GB="G"
+	ICON_TB="T"
+	#ICON_KHz="㎑"
+	#ICON_MHz="㎒"
+	#ICON_GHz="㎓"
+	ICON_KHz="KHz"
+	ICON_MHz="MHz"
+	ICON_GHz="GHz"
+	#ICON_MBPS="㏔㎰"
+	ICON_MBPS="Mb"
+else
+	ICON_C="C"
+	ICON_F="F"
+	ICON_RD="<"
+	ICON_WR=">"
+	ICON_MAIL="[M]"
+	ICON_UP="^"
+	ICON_DN="v"
+	ICON_TRASH="T"
+	ICON_WIFI=
+	ICON_REBOOT="(R)"
+	ICON_UPDATES="!"
+	ICON_SECURITY="!!"
+	ICON_KB="KB"
+	ICON_MB="MB"
+	ICON_GB="GB"
+	ICON_TB="TB"
+	ICON_KHz="kHz"
+	ICON_MHz="MHz"
+	ICON_GHz="GHz"
+	ICON_MBPS="Mbps"
+fi
diff --git a/usr/lib/byobu/include/toggle-utf8 b/usr/lib/byobu/include/toggle-utf8
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..84fcf500
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr/lib/byobu/include/toggle-utf8
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+#
+#    toggle-utf8
+#    Copyright (C) 2013 Dustin Kirkland
+#
+#    Authors: Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@byobu.co>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+PKG="byobu"
+[ -r "$HOME/.byoburc" ] && . "$HOME/.byoburc"
+[ -z "${BYOBU_PREFIX}" ] && export BYOBU_PREFIX="/usr" || export BYOBU_PREFIX
+. "${BYOBU_PREFIX}/lib/${PKG}/include/common"
+[ -r "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/statusrc" ] && . "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/statusrc"
+
+if [ "$BYOBU_CHARMAP" = "UTF-8" ]; then
+	if grep -qs "^BYOBU_CHARMAP=" $BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/statusrc 2>/dev/null; then
+		sed -i -e "s/^BYOBU_CHARMAP=.*/BYOBU_CHARMAP=x/" $BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/statusrc
+	else
+		echo "BYOBU_CHARMAP=x" >> $BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/statusrc
+	fi
+	export BYOBU_CHARMAP=x
+else
+	if grep -qs "^BYOBU_CHARMAP=" $BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/statusrc 2>/dev/null; then
+		sed -i -e "s/^BYOBU_CHARMAP=.*/BYOBU_CHARMAP=UTF-8/" $BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/statusrc
+	else
+		echo "BYOBU_CHARMAP=UTF-8" >> $BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/statusrc
+	fi
+	export BYOBU_CHARMAP=UTF-8
+fi
+if [ -n "$TMUX" ]; then
+	tmux send-keys " export BYOBU_CHARMAP=$BYOBU_CHARMAP ; . ~/.bashrc" \; send-keys Enter
+fi
+
+# vi: syntax=sh ts=4 noexpandtab
diff --git a/usr/share/byobu/keybindings/f-keys.tmux b/usr/share/byobu/keybindings/f-keys.tmux
index ace04163..cb55eda4 100644
--- a/usr/share/byobu/keybindings/f-keys.tmux
+++ b/usr/share/byobu/keybindings/f-keys.tmux
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ bind-key -n M-S-Down resize-pane -D
 bind-key -n M-S-Left resize-pane -L
 bind-key -n M-S-Right resize-pane -R
 bind-key -n F5 source $BYOBU_PREFIX/share/byobu/profiles/tmuxrc
-#bind-key -n F5 source "$BYOBU_PREFIX/share/byobu/profiles/tmuxrc" \; run-shell "$BYOBU_PREFIX/lib/byobu/include/tmux-detach-all-but-current-client"
+bind-key -n M-F5 run-shell '$BYOBU_PREFIX/lib/byobu/include/toggle-utf8' \; source $BYOBU_PREFIX/share/byobu/profiles/tmuxrc
 bind-key -n S-F5 new-window -k "$BYOBU_PREFIX/lib/byobu/include/cycle-status" \; source $BYOBU_PREFIX/share/byobu/profiles/tmuxrc
 bind-key -n C-F5 send-keys ". $BYOBU_PREFIX/bin/byobu-reconnect-sockets" \; send-keys Enter
 bind-key -n C-S-F5 new-window -d "byobu-select-profile -r"
diff --git a/usr/share/byobu/keybindings/f-keys.tmux.disable b/usr/share/byobu/keybindings/f-keys.tmux.disable
index 5920fb3f..f71b0463 100644
--- a/usr/share/byobu/keybindings/f-keys.tmux.disable
+++ b/usr/share/byobu/keybindings/f-keys.tmux.disable
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ unbind-key -n S-M-Down
 unbind-key -n S-M-Left
 unbind-key -n S-M-Right
 unbind-key -n F5
+unbind-key -n M-F5
 unbind-key -n S-F5
 unbind-key -n C-F5
 unbind-key -n C-S-F5
diff --git a/usr/share/doc/byobu/help.tmux.txt b/usr/share/doc/byobu/help.tmux.txt
index 0a8b2aa6..483e1a38 100644
--- a/usr/share/doc/byobu/help.tmux.txt
+++ b/usr/share/doc/byobu/help.tmux.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ and some convenient keybindings:
     Ctrl-Shift-F3/F4             Move a window
     Shift-Alt-Left/Right/Up/Down Resize a split
   F5                             Reload profile, refresh status
+    Alt-F5                       Toggle UTF-8 support, refresh status
     Shift-F5                     Toggle through status lines
     Ctrl-F5                      Reconnect ssh/gpg/dbus sockets
     Ctrl-Shift-F5                Change status bar's color randomly